Game device



Aug. 26, 1924. 1,506,369

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. GUINAN, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GAME DEVICE.

Application filed February 15, 1922. Serial No. 536,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. GUINAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game devices and particularly to agame of this class which is operated in the manner of a game of pool or billiards, and the object of the invention is to provide a game of this class which is sim le in construction and which requires skil in operation, and which is designed to amuse both young and old, and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a game device of the class and for the purpose specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanylng drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my complete game device and indicating the method of its use; and,

Fig. 2 a transverse section of the game device with part of the construction broken away.

My improved game device comprises an elongated box-shaped member 5 comprising a bottom 6, side walls 7 and front and rear end walls 8 and 9. The upper or inner face of the bottom 6 of the box is provided with a facing 10 which may be composed of any soft material, such for example as felt, blotting paper or similar material, and the rear end portion of the bottom 6, or the top face thereof, is cut away as shown at 11 to form a slight transverse depression on the top face of the game board or box, and mounted in and secured to the bottom 6 and rear end wall 9 are a plurality of artition plates 12, eight of which are emp oyed in the construction shown, which divide the rear end portion of the game board or box into a plurality of stalls or compartments 13, which compartments are designated by numerals or the like applied to the inner face of the back wall 9 of the box.

I also preferably mark the facing 10 adjacent to the front wall 8 with a transverse line 14 which is to represent a starting line, and employed in connection with the game board or box 5 are a plurality of spherical members 15, two of which are shown in the accompanying drawing. One of these members is adapted to be placed centrally of the game board as shown at 15 and the other of which is adapted to be placed along the line 14, or to the front of said line as shown at 15, and a cue or other operating member 16 is employed for striking the ball 15 shown at 15 to advance it to and strike the ball 15 shown at 15 so as to place said last named ball or spherical member in one of the stalls or compartments 13.

Of course, the game may be played in many ways, but the balls 15 are preferably located as shown in the accompanying drawing and the idea is to place the ball shown at 15 in a stall or compartment bearing the highest numeral value and to do so without placing the ball 15 in one of such stalls or compartments.

The stalls or compartments 13, or the transverse dimensions thereof, are sli htly greater than the diameter of the bal s or spherical members employed in order that the-placement of the ball 15 in any one of said compartments will be difficult. It will be noted that the depression of the stalls or compartments will operate to retain the balls therein.

It will be apparent that I may employ any number of the balls or spherical members 15, and arrange them in any desired manner upon the board in playing the game in different ways, and the separate stalls or compartments may be designated in any desired manner, and while I have shown and described certain details of construction and the method of operating or playing the game, I am not necessarily limited in these respects, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'A game device of the class described comprisin an elon ated game board of boxshape form an composed of a bottom and side and end walls, the bottom of the game board ad'acent to the rear end thereof being slightly depressed transversely of the game board, partition members mounted in said depressed portion and in connection with the rear wall to subdivide the rear end portion of the board into a lurality of stalls, each of said stalls being esignated, and the designations of greatest value being located at the op osite sides of the game board, the front end portion of the game board bein provided with a transverse starting line an with a short longitudinal line registering therewith, and located centrally between the side walls of the game board, two balls, one of which is adagted to be placed centrall of the game boar and the other of whicii is adapted to be placed where the transverse line and longitudinal line intersect, and a cue for advancing the last named ball to strike the first named ball to advance it into one of the designated stalls.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 14th day of February 1922.

WILLIAM J. GUINAN. 

